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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

New Zealand cracks down on poachers at their international airports. This is story was taken from here:

A German reptile collector has been jailed for 14 weeks and must pay a 5,000 New Zealand dollar ($3,540) fine for plundering New Zealand's wild gecko and skink populations, a judge has ruled.

Hans Kurt Kubus, 58, is to be deported to Germany as soon as he is released from prison, Judge Colin Doherty ordered Tuesday.

Kubus was caught by wildlife officials at Christchurch International Airport on South Island in December, about to board an overseas flight with 44 geckos and skinks in a hand-sewn package concealed in his underwear.

He admitted trading in exploited species without a permit and hunting absolutely protected wildlife without authority, pleading guilty to two charges under the Wildlife Act and five under the Trade in Endangered Species Act.

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Monday, January 11, 2010

Yellowknife Airport (IATA: YZF) is located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is part of the National Airports System, and is operated by the government of the Northwest Territories. Yellowknife Airport has regular scheduled passenger service, and is also used as a forward operating base for the CF-188 Hornet. The airport is the busiest airport in Northern Canada. The Canadian Forces' CC-138 Twin Otter transport and utility aircraft are permanently based here, as 440 Squadron of 17 Wing Winnipeg.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.

Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport (Whitehorse International Airport) (IATA: YXY) is located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.The airport is part of the National Airports System, and is operated by the government of the Yukon Territory. It was renamed in honour of longtime Yukon Member of Parliament Erik Nielsen on December 15, 2008.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.

The terminal building has an international/domestic lounge. There are 4 gates at this terminal to handle scheduled flights. There is a concession stand and a vending area for people travelling through the airport.

Victoria International Airport (IATA: YYJ) serves Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The airport is 22 km (14 mi) north northwest of the city, in North Saanich, quite close to the town of Sidney on the Saanich Peninsula. The airport is run by the Victoria Airport Authority.

Like most airports that are run by local authorities in Canada, Victoria International Airport charges an Airport Improvement Fee for each outgoing passenger.

It is one of Canada's busiest airports in terms of passengers. It was British Columbia's second busiest airport in terms of passengers, and third in terms of aircraft movements.

There are two popular locations for plane spotters. The first is at the end of Canora Road, on the south-east side of the airport, next to a small cemetery. A second, lesser-known location is an open field off of Mills Road, near the Mills Road and Meadlands Road intersection on the north-east corner of the airport.

It is is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. On May 31, 2007, the airport was renamed in honor of the city's former mayor Victor M. Power.

Terrace Airport or Northwest Regional Airport, Terrace-Kitimat (IATA: YXT) is located 5.6 km (3.5 mi) south of Terrace, British Columbia, Canada. The airport also serves Kitimat, 56 km (35 mi) to the south. It is owned and operated by the Terrace-Kitimat Airport Society.

Sudbury Airport or Greater Sudbury Airport, (IATA: YSB) is located 20 km (13 mi) northeast of the downtown area, on Municipal Road 86 between the communities of Garson and Skead. Although in many contexts the airport uses the name Greater Sudbury Airport, its official name, as registered with Transport Canada and printed in all aeronautical publications, is still simply Sudbury Airport.

Sudbury Airport is also a base of CHC Helicopter air ambulance service.

Stephenville International Airport (IATA: YJT) is located 2.8 km (1.7 mi) southeast of Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The airport was built by the United States Air Force and operated as Ernest Harmon Air Force Base from 1941-1966.

Here are some of the major Airlines that service Stephenville Airport:

Sioux Lookout Airport, (IATA: YXL) is situated in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada. It opened in 1933. It was, at the time, the second busiest airport in North America next to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Today, Sioux Lookout Airport is a "Mini-Hub" facilitating travel to and from all northern communities in Northwestern Ontario.

Here are some of the major Airlines that service Sioux Lookout Airport:

Sept-Îles Airport (IATA: YZV) is situated 8.3 km (5.2 mi) east of the town of Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada.

Sept-Îles Airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. CBSA officers at this airport currently can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.

Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (IATA: YXE), is located 5.6 km (3.5 mi) northwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada. The airport is serviced by passenger, courier and air freight operators.

Saskatoon Airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.

In 2001, traffic in YXE exceeded 800,000 passengers, making YXE the largest airport in the province; by 2005 traffic reached over 900,000 passengers. In 2007 passenger traffic exceeded the 1,000,000 mark. With 105,620 aircraft movements in 2008 it was the 19th busiest airport in Canada.

Prince George Airport (IATA: YXS) serves Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, and the surrounding area. The airport is located just within the southern boundary of the city, 5.2 km (3.2 mi) southeast, and is run by the Prince George Airport Authority.

Here are some of the major Airlines that service Prince George Airport:

Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport was originally opened near Prince Albert on 22 July 1940 under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan as No. 6 EFTS, with a Relief Landing Field located near Hagan. The school closed on 15 November 1944.

This airport is now named for Floyd Glass, who learned to fly in the late 1930s, then served as a military flying training instructor during the Second World War. Postwar, he was the first general manager of the provincial Crown corporation Saskatchewan Government Airways. He resigned from this post, flew briefly with British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Airways, then returned to Saskatchewan and in 1955 formed his own firm, Athabaska Airways, which still exists under the name "Transwest Air". Glass died in 2000.

Here are some of the major Airlines that service Prince Albert Airport:

North Bay Airport or North Bay/Jack Garland Airport (IATA: YYB) in North Bay, Ontario, Canada is located at Hornell Heights, 7.4 km (4.6 mi) north-northeast of the city. North Bay Airport once served as a North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) base.

The airport is named in memory of Jack Garland, a longtime Member of Parliament for North Bay's Nipissing electoral district. Until 2004 it hosted an annual airshow during North Bay's Heritage Festival, with a large military component.

Lethbridge County Airport or Lethbridge Airport, (IATA: YQL), is located 7.4 km (4.6 mi) south southeast of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. The airport is 10-15 driving minutes from the downtown area and has scheduled service to the Alberta cities of Calgary and Edmonton. Lethbridge County Airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. It also hosts the annual Alberta International Airshow.

Kingston Airport or Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport, (IATA: YGK), is located 8.0 km (4.9 mi) west of the core of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport is named after former MP Norman McLeod Rogers (Kingston and the Islands 1935–1940), Minister of Labour and then National Defence in Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's cabinet. Rogers died in a plane crash on June 10 1940 while flying from Ottawa to Toronto for a speaking engagement.

Monday, January 4, 2010

What can you do when you get issued the airport code SUX ? Here is what Sioux City did. Read the article found at www.jaunted.com

When you are issued the airport code SUX you have two choices -- whine until the FAA changes the code, or embrace the suxage. Sioux City Gateway Airport and city officials have decided to do the latter. The code is now proudly emblazoned on t-shirts, caps, and on the airports new web site, which proudly proclaims:

Great airfares. Free Internet. Easy on, easy off. Why wouldn't ya?

Why embrace the SUX? Well, when Sioux City official petitioned the FAA to change the code back in 1988 and 2002 the FAA offered the city a couple alternatives, including GAY. Heh. So someone at the FAA has the sense of humor of a seventh grader, nice.

It could be worse. We tend to always forget the Las Vegas airport code, which should be LVS but is inexplicably LAS. No one will ever forget that Sioux City SUX.

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